When checking out of the hotel, Yang Rui specially chatted with the five people he selected and formulated a summer training plan for them.

Except for Ben Wallace, the other four are the main players who are shooting. Bowen only cares about the bottom corner on the right, the other people on both sides and in the middle, and the longer the range, the better.

That night, Yang Rui and Thibodeau flew back to New York. The next morning, Yang Rui and Thibodeau met Ernie Grenfeld at the manager's office.

"Congratulations, this time I did a great job." Ernie shook hands with the two. "Please sit down."

After a few greetings, Ernie talked about the serious matter. "The bonus of 5,000 per person has been transferred to the account."

Thibodeau was excited, Yang Rui was very happy. Giving money was the most realistic reward, and they were not rich now. The Knicks are well-known for being rich and powerful. As long as they do well, the bonus is absolutely indispensable.

"Have you encountered any difficulties in this job? You can also mention which player you are impressed with."

Thibodeau had a lot of things to say, but he forced himself to look at Yang Rui and signaled him to speak first. After this summer league, he completely gave up the idea of ​​competing for the first assistant coach.

Whether it is offensive arrangement or on-the-spot adaptability, Yang Rui is obviously better than Thibodeau. Van Gundy is a defensive expert. Thibodeau doesn't have much to do, so he needs to be low-key.

Yang Rui smiled and said, "Tom and I have a very tacit understanding of each other, with one offense and one defense, and there is no difficulty. In terms of players, we unanimously recommend the five starting players of the team. They all have their own expertise and can help the team. Tom, do you have anything to add?"

"The summer league is gone, it's all about tactics, we're just waiting to communicate with Jeff," Thibodeau continued.

"Discussing basketball is going to be in September. You should enjoy the holiday now. Attend the celebration party at the Blues Club the night after tomorrow, and you can bring your family." Ernie smiled.

The celebration is not a big fanfare, and it is located in a private club near Madison Square Garden. It belongs to the Dolan family and often holds parties.

Ernie asked: "Jerry, tomorrow the Cable Sports press conference will conduct an exclusive interview with you. They will contact you by phone. You can decide the interview location and try to talk about topics with explosive points. Don't be restrained, so that more fans can get to know you."

Yang Rui thought to himself that if he was interviewed in the apartment, it would probably be a hot spot. Two people living in 8 square meters are not as good as a student dormitory, but he and Thomas are ready to move out.

Thibodeau is very envious. The two are the same as the bonus. In fact, the management is more optimistic about Yang Rui and is ready to use the team's resources to promote him.

Knicks boss James Dolan is a legendary figure who has been drinking and taking drugs and is considered to have an unstable temper. In 1993, he was sent to a drug rehabilitation center for treatment. Dolan likes music very much in his spare time and has performed as a singer. At the same time, he is also a charity person and has made extensive friends.

Dolan is the chairman of Madison Square Garden, the president and CYO of CNY, and also oversees the New York Knicks, NHL New York Rangers, WNBA New York Liberty, and the Connecticut White Whale in the American Hockey League.

His own cable sports channel is aimed at the whole United States. It's just a matter of one thing that Dolan wants to praise. The Knicks did not announce to the public that Yang Rui became an assistant coach, and wanted to spend some time to investigate. If his performance in the summer league is bad, Dolan doesn't mind spending some liquidated damages to dismiss him, and then find an experienced assistant coach.

Now, Yang Rui has truly become a member of the Knicks.

Yang Rui thought it was a shame to cry in front of the camera and asked: "Manager, what is the point of the explosion? Can you give an example?"

Ernie thought for a while and smiled: "It's just an eye-catching topic. You can say that you have a hard process of getting a coaching qualification certificate by yourself. It doesn't matter if you have encountered racism, but don't forget to point out that our team doesn't have this kind of thing."

In the United States, racial discrimination is always the most "explosive point". It often goes on the headlines and there are countless lawsuits every year due to such things.

Yang Rui understood the team's idea and used his Chinese identity to hype it up. Now there are more and more people in China who are watching NBA, and the economy is developing rapidly. It is a big potential market. Without Chinese players, the assistant coach is a good gimmick for Chinese people.

The Knicks have always been good at making money. Even in Yang Rui's previous life, during the 2014-15 season, the Knicks scored the worst record in team history of 17 wins and 65 losses. They still generated nearly $300 million in revenue over the past year, which is so magical.

After leaving the stadium, Yang Rui walked home as usual and exercised. He was thinking about interviews all the way, and didn't think there would be any explosive points.

If it were the original Jerry, he would have told him about the hardships he had since childhood, and cried with tears. Yang Rui was different. He just received memories. Those tragic experiences were like a bystander, with no deep understanding and no strong sense of substitution.

Even if you really feel miserable, there is no evidence for the coaches to sarcasm and sarcasm to him at the same time. If the other party refuses to admit it in an interview, it will seem that he is a petty person.

It’s really a headache. Can’t he accept an interview and say generously, “Am I a genius?” Just say whatever you want, people will see the results in the future.

Back at the apartment, Thomas, who went out to find a job, has not come back yet.

Yang Rui began to consider moving. Now he has more than 10,000 US dollars in his bank card. He will have more income after the start of the new season and can rent a better apartment.

The phone rang, and Yang Rui reached out to pick up the microphone. "Hello."

There was a male voice who was smoking, drinking and yelling on the other end of the phone. "Hi, little mouse, we have a party tomorrow night, are you going to come?"

Hearing this London sound, Jerry's soul, who Yang Rui thought it had disappeared, began to get restless, and many memories surged into his heart uncontrollably.

The man's name is Archil Strakan, who is in his early thirties and has a British descent, and a coach who graduated from a five-star basketball training camp at the same time as Jerry.

Jerry was half-working and half-studying. In addition to attending classes, he also worked as a waiter in a nearby restaurant. It happened that Achill often visited the store and deliberately asked Jerry for service. The tips paid for the normal amount seemed to give a great gift. He always sarcasticly, and his sense of superiority broke through the sky.

In China, many people like to advocate the gentlemanly demeanor of the British, but in Jerry's memory, the British he met were both humble and arrogant, and always wanted to bully people, which was all bad in his heart.

Jerry was humiliated at the last party, which led to Yang Rui coming through. This time, Archil wanted to find a sense of superiority from him and had a perverted hobby of trampling on others' dignity.

"Why don't you talk? It's because you haven't found a job yet, I'm sorry to come? Dinner is free." Archil asked proudly: "Or...we advised you last time, are you angry?"

"No, I don't want to miss the free supper." Yang Rui's lips showed a sneer. "How could I get angry? I am a broad-minded person and have no overnight revenge."

Archil only felt that "Jerry" was very thick-skinned and would rather be ridiculed for a meal. It was really weird.

Yang Rui's purpose is not to have a free meal, but to find the "explosion point" of the news and a shortcut to becoming famous. Yang Rui does not have overnight revenge, and he avenged it on the spot as if he had revenge.

He had never met Archil Strakan before. In my memory, he was a thin man with freckles on his face, a coordinated nose bridge, a distinct bald head, and a slightly better hairline than those of the Qing Dynasty people.

For him, attending this coaching party is just fun. Since Archil didn't know that he was the Knicks coach, he wanted to take this opportunity to surprise those who once laughed at Jerry.

After hanging up Archer's phone, he immediately called Ernie Grenfeld.

"Manager, I have a question. If I am interviewed by a reporter tomorrow, talk about racial discrimination and show evidence, will this be OK?"

"What?" Ernie was stunned. "Do you have evidence?"

"A coach at the same time called me just now, indicating that there was a party tomorrow. The British man would take this opportunity to humiliate me. This is not the first time. I am afraid that this will turn from a sports interview into a social event, which will have too much impact, so I ask you for your opinion first." Yang Rui said lightly.

If the management does not support this idea, Yang Rui immediately gave up. His main purpose is to increase personal exposure.

He didn't care about racial discrimination at all. Archel hates him. Why didn't he think this guy with freckles is SB? He just didn't say it out, discrimination is mutual.

Ernie thought for a while and replied seriously: "As long as you don't sue them and make things too complicated, I think it's OK. You have to focus on your work, not on your personal grudges."

"I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know the general, but they're too much. I want many people to see their ugly faces and call on everyone not to look at people with tinted glasses. Will this greatly increase my exposure rate? "

"Of course." Ernie is a hype expert and can't think of anything more attractive than this.

On the surface, Yang Rui was discriminated against, but he actually got the benefits. If the news became popular, he would follow suit.

Yang Rui is just for this purpose, rather than being stubborn and staying with others. He needs to hire a lawyer to go to court, and it is troublesome to appear in court. The litigation period is very long. Even if someone wants to help him sue for free, he will refuse, and he will not pay much money.

Ernie did not advise Yang Rui to be patient and remain silent. They signed for talents, not ninjas. After chatting for a while, he believed that Yang Rui was a smart and unlucky person.

As long as the explanation is right, Chinese people will not make trouble. On the contrary, after watching the show, they know that Jerry is a coach in the NBA. This is an improvement of Chinese status, and Chinese in New York may be happy.

The next morning, the radio station called Yang Rui and communicated with him about the interview content.

Yang Rui's plan was to bring a pinhole camera to the party and shoot some conversations, and then edit them by the TV station. After asking, the radio station really has this kind of equipment, and its technology is currently the top level in the United States.

In the United States, the super paparazzi have no ability to shoot secretly, and they are hard to defend against. Excellent paparazzi are closely connected with the radio station, and some equipment is provided by the radio station.

In the afternoon, Yang Rui met with female reporter Haili and conducted a simple interview in the radio business car. Yang Rui told about her previous life and how difficult it was to become a coach.

"Do you feel that you have encountered discrimination in this industry?" Haili asked.

"Yes, before I joined the Knicks, I was discriminated against almost every place I went. Many teams drove me away without giving me an interview opportunity. People who graduated from five-star clubs at the same time as me would also sarcastically sarcasticly."

"Really?"

Yang Rui smiled bitterly and said, "Of course it's true. Tonight, our coaches had a party at the same time. If you don't believe it, you can follow me to the party and take a look."

The interview came to an end and the staff began to wear equipment for Yang Rui.

"Okay, the button camera is in place, the image is very clear." Haili looked at the computer screen and said, "We can hear the sound inside, but you can't hear us."

"It's great." Yang Rui left the radio nanny car without any psychological burden and walked towards the club across the street. Before entering the door, he was already troubled.

"Stop, today is a private party, there is no invitation, you are not allowed to go in." Two white big men's security guards stopped Yang Rui.

Yang Rui thought about it for a moment and guessed that this was arranged. He should be the only Chinese to attend the party. It was really easy to stop the target.

Yang Rui said calmly: "It was Archel Strakan who asked me to come. He had never mentioned the invitation. You can go in and ask for personal information."

He spoke clearly, for fear that the audience would not be able to hear the name.

"If we don't ask, why don't you shout at the door and see if anyone knows you, and you might just take you in." A doorman smiled.

Little did he know that Yang Rui deliberately opened the distance and asked the camera to give him a big close-up. As soon as the show was broadcast, it would be strange if he was not fired.

"You guys, I'm driven away. When Archer asks, explain it to him slowly." Yang Rui said this, turned around and left.

As soon as he took five steps, a security guard ran up and stopped him. "Sorry, don't be angry. He went in and asked. As long as what you said is true, you will definitely let him in."

Yang Rui had no expression on his face. Since he was here, he didn't think of leaving simply. He wanted to see how cheap these people were and whether they could still be coaches after being exposed.

The only thing he was worried about was that he didn't know how much space the Los Angeles media used to report his news. If someone at the party knew that he was a Knicks assistant coach and couldn't let go, it would be boring.

After a while, Archil came to greet him.

"Hi, little mouse, why didn't you bring an invitation?"

"I have said it many times? I don't call it Little Mouse, and I don't like this insulting name." Yang Rui said coldly.

"Your name is a little mouse, and you are a person as weak as a mouse. What's not my name?" Archer did not hide his disdain, his head was very high. If he had not had a hooked nose, his nostrils would have risen up.

Through the camera, Haili and her assistant Taylor, who were recording videos in the car not far away, saw this guy's arrogant face, and they wanted to go out and slap him twice.

There is a saying in the United States that the British are wearing gentlemanly robbers, doing dirty things, and having the heart of a robber. Archer is a typical example.

Haili was a little excited again and said with a smile: "Our program will definitely become popular in this episode."

Taylor agreed. "I think the interview is not only used on sports stations, but also on news stations, but it may arouse some people's emotions. Will there be adverse effects?"

"Ask the boss then, I think he will definitely let the broadcast, because Jerry Young is not an ordinary person, he is an assistant coach of the Knicks, and a 23-year-old talented coach."

Dolan is a person with good face. Now who targets Jerry is equivalent to targeting the Knicks. The Knicks' assistant coach is actually looked down upon by a group of insignificant new coaches. What can they do?

Taylor is waiting to watch the show. "Whoever wants to say racist words to Jerry today is dead."

Yang Rui pretended to be angry on the surface, but was shouting in his heart - let the storm come more violently!
Chapter completed!